| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 4.3% | 8.7% | 13.0% | 17.3% | 21.6% | 26.0% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%): | 
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| 1.3% | 3.9% | 6.5% | 9.1% | 11.7% | 14.3% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%): | 
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.34% | 0.68% | 1.02% | 1.36% | 1.70% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 89.7% | 91.8% | 93.9% | 95.9% | 98.0% | 100.0% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%): | 
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| 11.0% | 15.1% | 19.2% | 23.3% | 27.4% | 31.5% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%): | 
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| 6.8% | 8.4% | 10.0% | 11.6% | 13.1% | 14.7% |  
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%): | 
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| Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%): | 
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| 0.33% | 0.60% | 0.87% | 1.15% | 1.42% | 1.69% |  
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| Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed | 
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| 94.0% | 94.6% | 95.1% | 95.7% | 96.2% | 96.8% |  
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Armed Forces: 
persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
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Employed: 
persons who did any work for pay during the survey week, those who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and those who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs
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Unemployed: 
persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work
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Not in Labor Force: 
not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
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Working-Age Men: 
males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age
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